A 20-40 degree temperature shock would kill trout immediately. Hatchery truck tanks are typically filled with water that is a very trout friendly 52 degrees, same temp as the hatchery raceways. As the season progresses they "temp" the tanks & trout in them up into the 60s to match the average stream temps as best they can. Removing a bit of the mucus coating can kill them because that's basically their immune system and remving a prition of it makes them very susceptible to disease and infection. No they won't die immediately after you released them, it may take a week. Just because a "rough-handled" fish swam away with no apparent problem doesn't mean there won't likely be one soon.
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How often do you net a trout?
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A 20-40 degree temperature shock would kill trout immediately. Hatchery truck tanks are typically filled with water that is a very trout friendly 52 degrees, same temp as the hatchery raceways. As the season progresses they "temp" the tanks & trout in them up into the 60s to match the average stream temps as best they can. Removing a bit of the mucus coating can kill them because that's basically their immune system and remving a prition of it makes them very susceptible to disease and infection. No they won't die immediately after you released them, it may take a week. Just because a "rough-handled" fish swam away with no apparent problem doesn't mean there won't likely be one soon.
waterworker
Have fish...will travel
I don't know about turning a fish over but if it's true that it messes up it's insides,they better think about a new way to stock trout.Gently holding them up side down to remove a hook seems nothing to being at the bottom of a large net full of trout being carried down a path and tossed into a stream.Wild fish of course dosen't apply but, just a thought.
Trout Nazi
And...Boom goes the dynamite.
No need for a fisheries biologist to confirm this. If this were true, fish would have ceased to exist as a lifeform a long time ago.
Eagle Claw
Trout Hunter
Rubber net only, light tippet 6-7x or for picture taking of a big boy, kept in the water. I like the rubber nets because they do not collapse around the fish making photos possible an inch under water.
I always think its so funny hearing the topic on trout handling..It almost seems like why bother even catching them if overplaying is going to harm them netting them is no good and god forbid if your hands touch them...There are going to be times where a little xtra play time is gonna be the difference between a landed 20 in. trout or or one that you broke off...especially on 6 or 7x..I would rather get it to the net so it counts..There are going to be times a trout may take a fly deep..and guess what? you mite have to handle him a bit to get the fly out,or at least try..if i deslimed him in the process well, it wasnt on purpose..its the nature of the beast...I bet no one who bow hunts ever wants to gut shoot or wound a deer..but unfortunatly at one time or another it will happen..That doesnt mean im not going to hunt anymore either..Im sure I mite get some groans about this response too..But thats the nature of the beast as well...
Eagle Claw
Trout Hunter
Pitbull, so to summarize your view, netting, handling and digging out a deep hooked fly is not as important as getting the fish to hand, interesting concept.
I guess you have never caught a large fish before. I don't really care if I get it to the net I have seen big fish before and its nothing new. Classic and Custom Fly Shop in Ct used to have a picture on their site of a fish that was handled by dry hands, a fungus had grown in the print of a hand on the fish. If someone has that pic please post it. If retrieving a $2.00 fly is more important to you
then get into a sport you can afford. Do you chop down trees to retrieve flies ?
Better yet, go in your yard, dig up some worms and fish a stocked park pond you will save money and damage a fish that would have most likely been caught or died from heat anyway.
I guess you have never caught a large fish before. I don't really care if I get it to the net I have seen big fish before and its nothing new. Classic and Custom Fly Shop in Ct used to have a picture on their site of a fish that was handled by dry hands, a fungus had grown in the print of a hand on the fish. If someone has that pic please post it. If retrieving a $2.00 fly is more important to you
then get into a sport you can afford. Do you chop down trees to retrieve flies ?
Better yet, go in your yard, dig up some worms and fish a stocked park pond you will save money and damage a fish that would have most likely been caught or died from heat anyway.
Dont confuse me as being a mishandler of trout,because i certainly am not.I always wet my hands before handling fish..what do you define as a big trout? I have caught a few trout worthy of photos in my day..Im not worried about a 2 dollar fly either..I tie my own..I guess you buy yours..but i know where you can get them for 1.50 if your interested..I really hope that fungus covered trout makes it..Should i send a donation? I must say lots of people have some kind of proof on desliming fish and holding them upside down mite kill them,,if thats true my friend and i killed a shit load today on the w. branch.When is someone going to prove that cutting the line and leaving a hook to rust out or fall out if thats even possible, inside a trout not going to harm it? You go ahead and send me all the pics you want eagle claw..im going to look for a second job now because i flyfish alot and your getting me nervous.
